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1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
1889-2006, electrical equipment manufacturer, British

General Electric Company Limited

1889 - 2006

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1901-1987, electrical & electronic engineering equipment manufacturer, England, British

Ferranti Limited

1901 - 1987
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

1806 - 1859
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

Snow, John

1813 - 1858
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954